Monday, February 16, 2015

Dorothea Lange

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I have only touched it, just touched it." - Dorothea Lange

"I believe in living with the camera and not using the camera. Suddenly, if you are working a lot, it takes over and then you see meaning in everything. You don't have to push for it. That's what I mean by the visual life. Very rare." - Dorothea Lange

"Its a very difficult thing to be exposed to the new and strange worlds that you know nothing about, and find your way. That's a big job. Its hard, without relying on your past performances and finding your own little rut, which comforts you. Its a hard thing to be lost." - Dorothea Lange

(Courtesy Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning - Elizabeth Partridge)